To Empower

1. (transitive) To give permission, power, or the legal right to do something.
2. (transitive) To give someone more confidence and/or strength to do something, often by enabling them to increase their control over their own life or situation.

SynonymsEdit

• (give permission to): allow, let, permit
• (give confidence to): inspire

AntonymsEdit

• (give permission to): ban, bar, forbid, prohibit
• (give confidence to): disempower, dishearten, disspirit